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Pacific Northwest Geometry Seminar

1996 Spring Meeting

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, 1996

Schedule:

Click on a title to see an abstract if available.

Saturday, May 4

11:00	-	11:30	Coffee and refreshments (Miller 302B)
11:30	-	12:30	Daniel Pollack (University of Chicago and UW) Gluing constructions for noncompact geometric problems
12:30	-	2:30	Lunch
2:30	-	3:30	Robert Stanton (Ohio State) Secondary geometric invariants and special values of geometric zeta functions
4:00	-	5:00	Dale Peterson* (UBC) The quantum cohomology of flag manifolds
5:30	-	8:00	Dinner at Asia Grille

Sunday, May 5

9:00	-	9:30	Coffee and refreshments (Miller 302B)
9:30	-	10:30	Claude LeBrun (SUNY/Stony Brook) Four-manifolds without Einstein metrics
11:00	-	12:00	Tomasz Mrowka (Cal Tech) Monopoles and Contact structures

^*Bertram Kostant, originally scheduled for 4:00 Saturday, had to cancel because of illness.

There will be an organized dinner for participants beginning at 5:30 Saturday evening at the Asia Grille (206-517-5985) in University Village Shopping Center, just to the east of campus, a short walk down the hill. This is one of the newest restaurants in the area, serving contemporary cuisine with an eclectic Asian emphasis. The cost will be $17 per person: this includes appetizer, choice of entree (chicken or vegetarian), and dessert. Tax and tip are included, but beverages are extra. If you'd like to attend, sign up on Saturday morning at the conference.

The conference is free to all participants, and no advance registration is necessary.

University of Washington

• UW Mathematics Department
• UW Home Page
• UW Campus map

Transportation and Lodging

• How to get to the UW
• Hotels near the University of Washington
• Transportation in and around Seattle (courtesy of SeaNet Corporation)

Food and Drink

• Restaurants in Seattle
• Seattle Coffee
• Washington State wines

City and State Information

• City of Seattle Public Access Network
• Seattle Information from SeaNet Corp.
• State of Washington home page

Weather

• NBC Intellicast four-day forecast with nice graphics
• UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences offers satellite pictures and data
• Seattle weather statistics by month, from Seanet

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To request disability accommodations, contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator, ten days in advance of the event or as soon as possible: 543-6450 (voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (E-mail).

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For more information about this program, contact:

• Jack Lee <lee@math.washington.edu> (206-543-1735)

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Jack Lee <lee@math.washington.edu>.